Project Name：2025 Rice Production Enhancement Project in Artibonite Valley, Haiti

Project status：Projects in Operation

Cooperating Country：Caribbean, Haiti

Project Description：

The project aims to build upon the achievements of the "2024 Rice Production Enhancement Project in Artibonite Valley, Haiti", to stabilize national rice production in Haiti and to improve food security as a priority. Project implementation will involve: 1. the production of 1,200 metric tons of various grades of Taichung Sen 10 rice seed; 2. and, the production of 750 metric tons of paddy rice.

Implementation Start Date：2025-01-01

Implementation End Date：2025-12-31

Project Objectives：

1. Production of 1,200 metric tons of various grades of Taichung Sen 10 rice seeds;
2. Production of 750 metric tons of paddy rice; 
3. Training of 12 field inspectors and 6 laboratory staff members; 
4. Operational support for 5 Joint Service Centers for farmers;
5. Support for the operation of two agricultural machinery repair stations and provision of contract plowing services for 200 hectares;
6. Training of 240 farmers and organization of two field demonstration sessions; 
7. Data development and application of an agricultural product traceability system.

Executing Agency：

Technical Mission of The Republic of China (Taiwan) in the Republic of Haiti / Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development of Haiti/ Organization for the Development of Artibonite Valley (ODVA)

Current Progress：

As of the end of June 2025, the following has been completed:

1. Land preparation, seedling cultivation, transplanting, rogue removal, field inspection, and harvesting for varietal purification of four rice varieties (Shelia, CAP, MGG, and M8), covering 0.12 hectares (first season crop).
2. Land preparation, seedling cultivation, transplanting, rogue removal, field inspection, and harvesting for 0.25 hectares of breeder seed fields (first season crop).
3. Land preparation, seedling cultivation, transplanting, pest and disease control, rogue removal, field inspection, and harvesting for 5 hectares of foundation seed fields (first season crop).
4. Land preparation, seedling cultivation, transplanting, and harvesting of 200 hectares by contract farming households producing registered seed (first season crop).
5. Land preparation, seedling cultivation, transplanting, pest and disease control, rogue removal, field inspection, and harvesting of 125 hectares of rice for commercial production (first season crop).
6. Production of 664.805 metric tons of rice seed for the first season crop; technical assistance provided for the production of 382.5 metric tons of paddy rice.
7. Development of training material compilation and organization of four farmer training sessions, with a total of 80 farmers trained.
8. Operational management of agricultural machinery at five Joint Service Centers for farmers, and provision of post-harvest processing guidance for rice seed.
9. Registration of farmland as part of the production traceability process for 200 hectares of rice fields used to grow the first season's crops.

Project Contact：TienYu Chiang

Phone：+886-2-28886046

E-mail：t.y.chiang@icdf.org.tw